From the location of the “place of skulls” to ancient Jewish burial rites, here’s what archaeologists do—and don’t—know about ...

Archaeologists found another example of a crucified heel 49 years later in Cambridgeshire, England, in a grave in an ancient ...

A major archaeological discovery at Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre — believed to be the site of Jesus Christ’s ...

Who invented crucifixion? The Persians are commonly credited with this, but evidence suggests that it may have been the Greeks.

A new map created by theologian John Walsh traces the final moments of Jesus’ life, combining biblical accounts and ...

It's one of the holiest and most somber days in the Christian calendar as followers remember the execution of Jesus.

He imposed a sentence that Roman judges often inflicted on social subversives – crucifixion. The New Testament Gospels say so. The Nicene Creed, one of Christianity’s key statements of faith, says ...